On Thu, 7 May 2026 06:45:36 GMT, Per Minborg <[email protected]> wrote:
> This PR proposes to add a new `default` method `List::removeAtIndex`. > > There are two overloads of the method `List::remove`, and if the list is of > type `List<Integer>`, the overload resolution could pick a surprising variant. > > Hence, it is better to add a separate method that removes an element based on > its index. > > It is proposed that the `E remove(int index)` method is _not_ `@Deprecated`. > Instead, we add verbiage to promote the new method over the old one. > > --------- > - [X] I confirm that I make this contribution in accordance with the [OpenJDK > Interim AI Policy](https://openjdk.org/legal/ai). Weirder than the ones I was thinking of, yes. :-) I don't think it makes sense for an interface method to be final, since a class is always allowed to inherit from its superclass *first* before default methods would even be considered. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/31064#issuecomment-4426194148
